Restorative Arts Ears Flashcards
The outer rim of the ear and is a gradual inclination that rises out of the concha until it reaches a level plane that curls around the length of the ear until terminates on the lobe.
Helix
The shallowest depression of the ear and is directly medial to the helix and separates the helix from the antihelix
Scaphoid Fossa
Is directly medial to the scaphoid fossa and is the elevation that creates the inner rim of the ear
Antihelix
Crura are named by
Location (superior and anterior)
Superior Crura is often
Wider and thicker
The crura recess under the
helix naturally
The triangular fossa is located in the upper ____ of the ear
1/3
The triangular fossa lies between the
Crura of the antihelix
The second deepest depression of the ear
Triangular fossa
The prominence that arises from the cheek and extends over the ear passage from anterior to posterior.
Tragus
___ purpose is to help collect sound and direct it into the external auditory meatus
Tragus
Oblique to the tragus a prominence superior to the lobe is the ____
Anti-tragus
The small depression between the tragus and antitragus
Intertragic notch
Helps you hear sounds and is the deepest depression of the ear. It funnels noise in the inner ear.
Concha
Occupies the anterior middle 1/3 of the ear and features the crus of the helix
Concha
